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'Racist' film Drives woman to court battle

October 11, 2011 13:20
Ryan Gosling stars in Drive

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Jennifer Lipman,

Jennifer Lipman

1 min read

A disgruntled film fan is suing a cinema after the action film she booked tickets for turned out to contain "dehumanising racism" towards Jews.

Sarah Deming, from Michigan, bought tickets for Drive having viewed the film's trailer, which and seen publicity that suggested it was similar to the Fast and Furious franchise.

But when she watched the film, which stars Ryan Gosling, she discovered it was far more violent.

In a lawsuit filed in Michigan against the cinema and the film distributor, she said Nicolas Winding Refn's film "substantially contained extreme, gratuitous, dehumanising racism directed at members of the Jewish faith.

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